*hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK***hyperLINK* Here is the latest issue of Canterbury Software Inc�s hyperLINK weekly e-newsletter. Keep reading hyperLINK if you want to be up with the play in the Canterbury tech sector.
See the full version of hyperLINK at http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm Sign-up options at http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/news.htm + Please forward this newsletter. You can freely re-use the feature stories, provided you acknowledge the credited feature story writer and hyperLINK as source. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPCOMING EVENTS OCTOBER 29: Tech BBQ, Venue to be advised. NOVEMBER 2-3: ES Connectivity 04 � Unlocking the world�s best kept technology secret. Organised by Electronics South, this is a showcase of Canterbury�s electronics capability with an emphasis on developing and furthering relationships in the industry and, most importantly, doing business. NOVEMBER 10: Hi-Tech Breakfast featuring a presentation by Jack Henderson of Commtest Instruments from 7.30am � 9.00, 10th Floor, Copthorne Hotel, Durham Street. ############### hyperLINK: Issue 61 October 28, 2004 + Feature: Top achievement for Hi-Tech Launch Programme + Tech Newsbytes + CSI website happenings + Meanwhile, at the forum + Contact us, subscribe/unsubscribe etc ############### *FEATURE* TOP ACHIEVEMENT FOR HI-TECH LAUNCH PROGRAMME Graduates of a Canterbury Development Corporation programme featured strongly in the 2004 Deloittes Fast 50 Growth Companies. Michael Herman reports. Canterbury high-tech companies featured strongly in this year�s Fast 50, with PayGlobal making cracking a mention for the fourth year running and graduates of Canterbury Development Corporation�s (CDC) Hi-Tech Launch Programme taking 10% of all the honours. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#feature1 ] ------------------------------ *NEWSBYTES* ES Connectivity 04 Update: Electronics South�s inaugural showcase of Canterbury�s electronics capability kicks off next week with a stronger showing than expected. Companies have responded well to the opportunity, with the organisers attracting 20% more exhibitors than originally targeted and a steady stream of delegate pre- registrations, with a sector spokesman saying they expect a few hundred people to visit the exhibition. He said there has been a lot of interest from Australia as this is New Zealand�s first dedicated electronics expo and that they expect a good representation from the other side of the Tasman. * See the event listings for more expo details. http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/events.htm Lessons from the Canterbury Software Summit: Canterbury Software facilitator James Saruchera says credibility, finding appropriate resellers and distributors, and reaching decision-makers at prospective customers were verified as some of the top issues facing local companies at the Canterbury Software Summit held earlier this month. Saruchera says several cost-effective solutions were promoted for software companies, including appearing at international conferences to create the perception you are the accepted leader in a specific niche. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte1 ] Poised For Take-Off: Pacific Simulators, which ranks uber entrepreneur and airline owner Mike Perro among its investors, is attracting international interest in its unique aviation procedural training systems. Stuart Whelan, technical director and board member of the company, says the company has pioneered the custom low-cost non-motion flight simulator market through developing its own technology base and by using off-the-shelf components. �This actually hasn�t been done in the simulator market before,� Whelan says. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte2 ] Fertile Business: Fledgling Christchurch company Precision Tracking is on the verge of closing some significant new deals and will be taking on more investors to give it the financial grunt to benefit from fresh opportunities. Founder and co-director Jeff Tait says the company could multiply four-fold the number of units it has out in the field by the end of the year. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte3 ] The Dance of Mathematics: The University of Canterbury has been awarded $22,000 by the Government�s Science and Technology Promotion Fund to host events that show the wider public that mathematics is done by �real� people and that dancing is often just combinatorics, group action, and vector field flows. The Dance of Mathematics, which mixes maths and music, is one of nine projects awarded a total of $419,675 in the 2004 round of funding. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte4 ] Businesses encouraged to invest in ICT: A seminar demonstrating the benefits of research and development (R&D) for small to medium sized businesses (SME�s) in the ICT sector is to be held in Wellington on Wednesday 17 November. Organised by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, the seminar will feature the leaders of some of the country�s most successful companies and organisations engaged in R&D in the ICT sector. [more here http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/current.htm#newsbyte5 ] ------------------------------ *CSI WEBSITE HAPPENINGS* GLOBAL TIES Canterbury Software Inc is proud of its members' global outlook. Many already provide products and services to Fortune 500 companies in the US and other leading companies around the world. Visitors to the Global Ties section of CSI's website can learn more at http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/global.htm ------------------------------ *MEANWHILE, AT THE FORUM* The Forum is your online community, where you can: + air your problems and concerns about marketing your software internationally + get rapid and effective suggestions from others like you, who�ve already done it + raise and discuss subjects of general concern to members Go to http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm ------------------------------ CONTACT US ... SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE hyperLINK email options: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/news.htm Contact the editor, Michael Herman: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Replies will go to the CSForum. Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
